Plushes come with removable t-shirts or tracksuits to reveal swimsuit look. Bandai has released a series of Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club character plushes, and the best part is? You can remove their tops for that authentic, Speedo-wearing, fish-in-th...

Deadline Hollywood reports that Universal Pictures and director Angelina Jolie have found their villain for the Louis Zamperini bopic Unbroken. Jolie has set Japanese guitarist, singer and visual Kei perfomer Miyavi to play the role of Mutsushiro ...

CDJapan is now taking pre-orders for the Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Character Song Album. The album features songs performed by the actors in the series. The album contains 15 tracks, which includes: Solid Bullet by Ian Yorkland (Syuusuke Saito) Minn...

Nakayoshi's youngest ever published mangaka in 26 years is a 14-year-old schoolgirl, and is by all accounts rather good. 3rd year Niigata middle schooler Sato Ito ties with the magazine's previous record-holder of 26 years past, saying she "is a s...

This year's 46th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Saturday that the Kuroko no Basuke -Shōri e no Kiseki- (Kuroko's Basketball -The Path to Victory-) game will ship in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on February 20, 2014.

The first promo video for the horror anime series Pupa is now available for viewing. Plot Summary The "life-and-death sibling" story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone.

Sad news for anime and tokusatsu fans, stage and voice actor Tomoyuki Dan passed away on October 10th at 11:49pm in his home due to recurring aortic dissection. He was 50 years old. For anime fans, he is best known for his role as Kisame Hoshigaki...

This month the Renewal Kamen Rider Black will be released and as a nice follow up to that release: Tamashi has announced that the Child of the Sun will be receiving a brand new figure. Other release details forthcoming, but in the mean time Tamash...

that we haven't seen before, including the game's villain and scenes with Princess Zelda herself. Check the trailer out below. See the other new lady character in the game? Like A Link to the Past, this game will feature two worlds—Hyrule and...

Burger King is bringing on the bizarre burgers once again with their new "Kuro Ninja," a burger with a black bun and long, thick strip of bacon protruding out of one side. We're not sure if ninjas ever stuck their tongues out at their enemies, bu...

The time has come! After an incredibly long wait, Pokemon X and Y has finally hit the shelves this Saturday, October 12. This new installment of the Pokemon Universe takes place in a new area named Kalos.

The homepage for the upcoming horror anime TV series Pupa has added a streaming teaser trailer. The adaptation of Sayaka Mogi's manga revolves around a sister cursed with the urge to consume human flesh and her brother whose flesh regenerates at a...

KanColle -The Night of Ship Debauchery- 12 favorites, 35 pages Description: Short stories centered around various ship daughters in the game. Note: 姦 can also be read as "Kan" and means sex and/or rape.

Vertical has announced some very welcome news out of the New York Comic-Con today with word that the company has announced plans for the Attack on Titan prequel series Before the Fall. The publisher intends to get the first volume out in summer 2014.

Following the three live-action previews last month, Media Factory finally posted two anime PVs for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Takuma Morishige's school comedy manga Tonari no Seki-kun on its official YouTube channel.

Next week Kodansha will formally announce the development of a live-action feature film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Akeji Fujimura's horror survival manga Kami-sama no Iu Toori (Just as God Said). The manga revolves around a class of high scho...

Mister Donuts (called "Misdo" in Japan), like Krispy Kreme, is offering Halloween themed donuts. Except theirs are pretty special since they're working with Hello Kitty! Top to bottom, from left to right: Jack-o-Lantern Hello Kitty (Pumpkin), Jac...

Tamashii Nations is an umbrella label encompassing Japan's top collectible brands that contain products from popular giant robot shows like Mazinger Z and Gundam to anime franchise like Saint Seiya and One Piece to live action shows like Kamen Rider.

Oct12 The Power of Absolute Choice Compels You! Ah, the end of the First Impressions, at least for me! And I saved the longest name for last. Another Light Novel adaptation, this one is Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku d...

At long last, it's that time of the year! That's right, it's comic con season. Just got back from the convention, sorted through & edited over 200 pictures. So here I'll share some pictures from NYCC 2013 : Friday.

Production I. G has released the first trailer for its upcoming original historical drama film Giovanni no Shima (Giovanni's Island). The movie revolves around two brothers on the rural Japanese island of Shikotan who become friends with a Russian...

'Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians' Anime Dub Cast Revealed Posted by Chris Beveridge October 11, 2013 at 11:30 AM Ikki Tousen Great Guardians FUNimation is at the New York Comic-Con today and they've got a new announcement that will please fans of Ikk...

Namco Bandai's latest batch of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z screens comes straight out of this week's New York Comic Con, offering up a look at some of the character customization and battles. See how some of your favorite characters can be tweaked ...

ATLUS Show Off "Team Utawarerumono" and Release New Character Cards for AquaPazza It was announced several months ago that ATLUS USA would be releasing Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match on the Playstation this coming November.

Spreading the culture. A nice surprise. Outbreak Company Episode 1-2 "Awakening in the Other Realm" I Landed in Another World 気が付けば異世界" Instead of having the regular impressions and review sections, I'm going to focus mostly on criticizing, more l...

Girugamesh's first show in a year will be at SHIBUYA-AX. It will be broadcast worldwide on YouTube live. Live viewings have been announced for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Brazil.

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